CongressmanLloyd "Ted" Poe First elected: 2004 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 7 November 2017: "I will continue this work every day until I retire at the end of this term...."

CongressmanSamuel Robert "Sam" Johnson First elected in a special election (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Steve Bartlett): 8 May 1991 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 6 January 2017: Announced he won't seek re-election.

CongressmanJeb Hensarling First elected: 2002 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 31 October 2017: "Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the U.S. Congress in 2018."

CongressmanRobert "Beto" O'Rourke First elected: 2012 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 31 March 2017: Announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate Class I seat in 2018.

CongressmanLamar Seeligson Smith First elected: 1986 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 2 November 2017: "For several reasons, this seems like a good time to pass on the privilege of representing the 21st District to someone else...."

former CongressmanPete P. Gallego - apparently not a candidate First elected to Congress: 2012, unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2014 and 2016.
1 September 2017: Announced that he would not be a candidate.

CongressmanRandolph Blake "Blake" Farenthold First elected: 2010 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 14 December 2017: Media reports state Congressman Farenthold will not seek re-election. The Congressman made the decision after the filing closed and will be on the March 2018 primary ballot. The Republican Party has filed suit Civil Case No. 1:17-cv-01167 in Federal Court (Austin) to get his name removed from the ballot. The Democratic Party is also suing Civil Case No. 1:17-cv-01186 but apparently dropped their case after the court decided that Congressman Farenthold would not be on the ballot.

CongressmanRandolph Blake "Blake" Farenthold - apparently not a candidate 14 December 2017: Media reports state Congressman Farenthold will not seek re-election. The Congressman made the decision after the filing closed and will be on the March 2018 primary ballot. The Republican Party has filed suit Civil Case No. 1:17-cv-01167 in Federal Court (Austin) to get his name removed from the ballot. -cv-01167 in Federal Court (Austin) to get his name removed from the ballot. The Democratic Party is also suing Civil Case No. 1:17-cv-01186 but apparently dropped their case after the court decided on 20 December 2017 that Congressman Farenthold would not be on the ballot.
20 December 2017: Withdrew.FEC H0TX27061; 30 Sep 17; Tot $376,805; Dsb $204,754

CongressmanRaymond Eugene "Gene" Green First elected: 1992 Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 Open Seat - 13 November 2017: "I have decided to not seek reelection for Representative of Texas' 29th Congressional District. It has been an honor serving #TX29 since I was first elected in 1992."

Candidate list (15) - 116th Congress

Democratic

former Houston City Councilman Adrian Garcia - apparently not a candidate 5 December 2017: Running for the County Commission.

Political PartiesParties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.

Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.

Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.